Mutiny at Parramatta Gaol
SYDNEY, Monday.—A mutiny has been attempted by the prisoners in Parramatta gaol, by their refusing to retire to their cells. The governor ordered the police to…
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Courts & crime, 1882
291 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 15
The Mutiny at Parramatta Gaol
ON Monday Mr. H. Maclean, Controller-General of Prisons, held an inquiry into the cause of the riot at the Parramatta Gaol, on Saturday. Mr. N. Stewart and Mr…
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AT the Sandridge Court on Monday, seven seamen of the British ship Aldborough from Calcutta, proceeded against Samuel J. Andrews, captain…
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Mr. MAIR, P.M., disposed of the police, business yesterday. John Gannon, for using obscene language, was lined £1 2s. 6d., or seven days. William James, drunk and…
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BEFORE the Police Commission, at Melbourne, on Wednesday, evidence was taken with regard to the charges by the young man Patrick Boardman. During the…
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THE hearing of what may be termed a remarkable assault case, which has been before Mr. Buchanan, S.M., at various times during the past six or seven…
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THE trial of the Pont du Pecq murderers which occupied the Court of Versailles for several days, terminated on August 12 by all the three prisoners…
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THE proceedings of the Royal Commission in Melbourne, appointed to inquire into the working and administration of the police force, are now…
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MUCH excitement has been occasioned in Goulburn by the occurrence on Sunday night of a murderous assault by a husband upon his wife. The…
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MR. PERROTT, P.M., and Mr. J. Y. Neilson, J.P., presided at the above court yesterday. There was only one police case, Matthew McNamara being fined 10s for…
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LONDON, October 11.—Advices have been received from North Borneo to the effect that several European explorers, with their native followers; have been murdered…
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SYDNEY, Monday.— At the Armidale Assizes, Jimmy King, a Chinaman, found guilty of rape, and John McGuan, for the murder of an old man at Inverell, eighteen…
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AT the Armidale Circuit Court, on Thursday, John M'Guan was charged with the murder of Thos. Smith, on the 10th of May, 1881, near Inverell…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Constable Hughes, of Wilcannia, has been shot at by Thomas Stone, a carpenter, during a scuffle to effect the latter's arrest. The prisoner's…
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LONDON, October 15. — A workhouse "casual," named Brookshaw, has been committed for trial, for using threats to murder H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, unless…
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AT the Goulburn Assizes on Thursday last (the Herald states) a prisoner named Charles Cunningham, while being tried for attempting to murder…
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FROM information that has been obtained by the police and the friends of Mr. George James Baker, there is every reason to believe that a foul…
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THE following cases were disposed of at the recent, Maitland Circuit Court, before his Honor Judge Windeyer:—James Cummings, stealing in a dwelling, eighteen…
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AT the Police Court yesterday, before the P.M., Mr. Joseph Creer, J.P., and Mr. D. Ludlow, J.P., George Gibson, a seaman, for using obscene language, was fined 20s, or a…
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At the Police Court on Wednesday the 25th instant, before Mr. William Johnston, J.P., William Croker, v. James Will on, residing at the Booral, was charged with…
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